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Impact Case Study: Ivy Teng Lei

By the Aspen Policy Academy

Ivy Teng Lei’s 2024 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative (TELI) training equipped her with the policymaking and advocacy skills to direct California’s digital strategy and inform state policies as the State’s inaugural chief digital strategy officer. Ivy joined TELI committed to bridging the private and public sector, responsibly incorporating emerging technologies into government systems, and equitably distributing these benefits to communities across California. She then brought TELI’s policymaking lessons into her role as the chief digital strategy officer, leading key initiatives including a first-of-its-kind data privacy platform for Californians, paid parental leave for non-civil-servant state executives, and disaster recovery systems for survivors after the January 2025 Los Angeles fires.

Our Impact Case studies are short documents that showcase our alumni’s experiences with and impacts from Academy programming.

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